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why are you demonizing us for it? it's time we had somebody who believes in us. someone who believes that achievement should be rewarded not punished. we need somebody who believes in america. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. chimp and what do roaches and robots -- what do ropes and robots have in common? that is what college student his to figure out. twenty high school seniors gathered to study cockroach neurophysiology and robotic sensing technology. the goal is to examine how animals sense their environment and relate that to how robots do the same. the workshop is run by the clark schools women and engineering program. >> is any that is cool. >> a paleontology director is named the smithsonian director of the natural museum and history. he's the chief curator at the denver museum of nature and science. johnson follows christian samper who has led the museum since 200 thirty two. >> a rough summer for metro. stranded trains and a big commuter crash. how the agency is dealing with a long list of troubles next. ♪ i've n never felt this w
why are you demonizing us for it? it's time we had somebody who believes in us. someone who believes that achievement should be rewarded not punished. we need somebody who believes in america. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. chimp and what do roaches and robots -- what do ropes and robots have in common? that is what college student his to figure out. twenty high school seniors gathered to study cockroach neurophysiology and robotic sensing technology. the goal is to...
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could you take us back almost 12 years ago, sir? >> secure. >> the uss cole pulled into what we thought was a six- to eight-hour previous top story -- top story fowl and started the fowling at 10:30 that morning and i was at my desk. and there was a thunderous explosion. you could feel all 505 feet, 840-tons of guided missile up into the right, the lights went out, power went out, ceiling tiles popped up, everything on my desk went up a foot and slammed back down. within a matter of minutes, we determined we were attacked and did not none how or what happened. and many people thought it was a fuel explosion. i went into my cabin and loaded the chamber and decooked it. i went out with two trippings on my mind: defend my ship and defend my crew. >> at the time, we're looking there and that is it was a hole blown into the ship. >> it was. two garbage barges, we contracted that morning. two came out to the ship and left. the third boat that approached we thought was the third garage barge. what we didn't know when we pulled in was that
could you take us back almost 12 years ago, sir? >> secure. >> the uss cole pulled into what we thought was a six- to eight-hour previous top story -- top story fowl and started the fowling at 10:30 that morning and i was at my desk. and there was a thunderous explosion. you could feel all 505 feet, 840-tons of guided missile up into the right, the lights went out, power went out, ceiling tiles popped up, everything on my desk went up a foot and slammed back down. within a matter of...
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he joins us now with some more about this. thank you very much for being with us tonight. what is your reaction to this? >> and this is surprise, disappointment and a little we told you so. i'm surprised because i have known mayor gray for a long period of time and is trying to do the right thing. on the other hand, i think he got carried away, or others in the campaign did and engaged in corrupt activities and that tainting. >> you have spoke with adrienne fenty? >> we haven't spoke about this incident and i think he was hurt he lost and believed what he was doing and my understanding, he doesn't intend to come back again. >> has he responded to you and reacted to this? >> no. >> he stayed quiet. >> yes. he moved on with his life. >> uh-huh. >> and his wife and kids and he have settled down and he's teaching as well and miss wife has a prominent job. >> in your opinion, does this call into question the legitimacy of the 2010 campaign? >> yes, it does, unfortunately. you would like to see a fair fight in democracy. you want to see the voters get all of the information they
he joins us now with some more about this. thank you very much for being with us tonight. what is your reaction to this? >> and this is surprise, disappointment and a little we told you so. i'm surprised because i have known mayor gray for a long period of time and is trying to do the right thing. on the other hand, i think he got carried away, or others in the campaign did and engaged in corrupt activities and that tainting. >> you have spoke with adrienne fenty? >> we...
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. >> it's a bit immature to judge us. we're in the middle of one of the largest restorations ever, particularly for a non- hurricane event and this is an emergency situation. this is not a normal storm by any sense and the force of the storm is ripping trees from the routes and breaking polls in half and -- poles in half. it's difficult but difficult for our customers. we know they're suffering in the near-record hot. we understand that and we'll continue to move forward. >> reporter: why when someone gets a call that says it might be a week before they get their power o how do you explain that to them? >> what we trying to do there is when you say several days, that is difficult in itself. when you use the word weak, that is a bitter billpo -- pill to wall so -- swallow and won't that to be transparent as possible and we want them to manage their expectations and to make emergency plans as necessary and we wanted them to know up front where we were, where we're going, the state of the infrastructure in the system to plan
. >> it's a bit immature to judge us. we're in the middle of one of the largest restorations ever, particularly for a non- hurricane event and this is an emergency situation. this is not a normal storm by any sense and the force of the storm is ripping trees from the routes and breaking polls in half and -- poles in half. it's difficult but difficult for our customers. we know they're suffering in the near-record hot. we understand that and we'll continue to move forward. >>...
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why are you demonizing us for it? it's time we had somebody who believes in us. someone who believes that achievement should be rewarded not punished. we need somebody who believes in america. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. . >>> we have all done it, got caught up in our smartphones or tablets. how many of you do it while you're outside walking along a busy street or on a metro platform? >> as allison seymour reports, there is a growing trend in what is called distracted walking and a number of states are trying to prevent it. >> reporter: forget being able to chew gum and walk. as this surveillance video shows, we're having a hard enough timecism -- simply talking and walking. you're looking at footage of a man who stumble on the train tracks while on the cell phone. it illustrates a growing trend of people who are suffering injuries from what is called distracted walking. >> and people, you know, they want to keep up with it. >> reporter: by people, he means anyone everywhere. from new jersey to d.c. and chicago and out west in utah. ped
why are you demonizing us for it? it's time we had somebody who believes in us. someone who believes that achievement should be rewarded not punished. we need somebody who believes in america. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. . >>> we have all done it, got caught up in our smartphones or tablets. how many of you do it while you're outside walking along a busy street or on a metro platform? >> as allison seymour reports, there is a growing trend in what is...
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it is a lucky day for us. for starters, it's fairly day. -- gray. last friday, it's 100 degrees and today, the highest temperature is 100 degrees. you know, it looks like it wants to rain out there and that probably won't, maybe it's a spotty shower here and there and that looks like a lot of that is holding off until tomorrow and we get you started with a look at the sentinel radar and there are a couple of sprinkles. they're not really showing up that well. there been more numerous west of interstate 81 and to the hagerstown area, you might have a chance of some sprinkles and almost the thing why you don't need an umbrella and for most of us, friday night is going to be dry as we look at everything in motion and that is sunnier to the east of d.c. cloudier to the west of d.c. and you notice that cloud bank is kind of generally going to fill in just about everywhere. so, i hope you had a good day at the beaches. i than water is nice and warm and we'll talk about the beach forecast coming up as well and we do have temperatures still in check thanks
it is a lucky day for us. for starters, it's fairly day. -- gray. last friday, it's 100 degrees and today, the highest temperature is 100 degrees. you know, it looks like it wants to rain out there and that probably won't, maybe it's a spotty shower here and there and that looks like a lot of that is holding off until tomorrow and we get you started with a look at the sentinel radar and there are a couple of sprinkles. they're not really showing up that well. there been more numerous west of...
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. >> did they use outside crews efficiently. the bottom line d they restore power as quickly as other utilities in. >> reporter: in its own defense, pepco said the derecchio was a big storm not predicted and the utility did the best it could considering. >> this 4.3 million customers that were impacted over 700 miles and 10 states felt the storm as we did. we experienced over 200 wires down, 242 polls that had to be replaced and 214 transformers that had to be replaced. >> reporter: the public service commission is promising tough enforcement if necessary and said now regulations requiring penalties if new standards are not met and should be helpful but it's just beginning the investigation. >> i don't know if there are, if there are violations of our law or regulations. i don't know if there are practices that could be improved or need to be improved. >> reporter: council members and customers who turned up for the hearing are not letting pepco off of the hook. >> and i think it's fine to talk about things like undergrounding a
. >> did they use outside crews efficiently. the bottom line d they restore power as quickly as other utilities in. >> reporter: in its own defense, pepco said the derecchio was a big storm not predicted and the utility did the best it could considering. >> this 4.3 million customers that were impacted over 700 miles and 10 states felt the storm as we did. we experienced over 200 wires down, 242 polls that had to be replaced and 214 transformers that had to be replaced....